Yo! I'm super jazzed when I come back in here and read your comments. Like, you don't even KNOW, but thanks for being such an awesome KMer!
The thing with Claire was bittersweet. See, I adored Claire SO MUCH... ok, full disclosure: Thing is, I'm such a hardcore comics fan that I came into the series with a bias against Karen because of how badly her characterisation had been handled in the comics. All my disgust should have been aimed at the writers, I know, but I still had that little something where I just want Matt and Karen as far apart as possible. And the Karen in the series is SO MUCH BETTER than comics Karen, so much better. They're obviously related, and MCU Karen does some things in the series that make me seethe (every character pisses me off at least once), but mostly I really loved and appreciated MCU Karen and tried my best to accept her at face value. I failed a tiny bit, but I tried, and during the rewatchings I'm really starting to love Karen Page the way they intended.
Claire, otoh, was fresh and new and bright and shiny and FFS kinda perfect for Matt? I mean, if we're discounting all the other Matt pairings, Claire and Matt could've been so goooood together. Claire even has some dark edges, too, and I liked that! But no, they wouldn't have worked out. Claire crying as she watches Matt leave? NO. Matt basically telling Claire bye forever on the phone and her scared voice calling for him and the line is dead? GDI, MY HEART. STOP. Even if they tried, really tried, no I don't think they'd have worked out.
Because Matt, idek, Matt has so many of his own issues to deal with, he's still so broken in so many jagged ways and none of that is his fault but he's embraced it for so long, he doesn't know how to let people love him in a healthy way. One of his defining characteristics in the comics is he wants to be loved so damned badly... by someone, I suspect he'd accept almost anybody if they sold him on it, that when people are attracted to him even if it's just sexually it's like... he latches onto that but in the wrong ways. Like he can only love himself through other people's eyes. If he doesn't have anyone to love him (god bless Foggy, I swear), he just doesn't do well, his self-worth is too cataclysmically damaged. And ultimately he cycles through that whole 'it didn't work out' thing with his partners because he's always looking for the wrong thing in people. He tries, lord knows he tries, but he just... wants to be wanted so much, and maybe the closest he ever finds are those daddy figures (like Ben Urich in the comics) or the ones who want all the control in the relationship and it comes across to Matt as care/love (Elektra and arguably Frank Castle). I adore Matt, he's such a fabulous character, and kinda perfect for fandom considering he's basically a very pretty mosaic of broken bits. Nice fuel for so much fiction.
Oh! Oh! I would be very happy if Fisk and Vanessa would return in S2. VERY HAPPY. (lmk if you want spoilers regarding s2 *cough* because I can help with that.)
S2 speculation! *rubs hands together gleefully* The very best decision S1 gave me was letting Foggy know that Matt=DD before Karen (opposite of the comics). That said, I want Karen on board now! I want them to be a legit team against the world! I want Matt to have proper support like any real superhero! And I really, really don't want Karen (or even Elektra) to be killed by Bullseye in S2. I will be super pissed.
But yes, I do think Karen killing Wesley will be addressed in S2. I kinda think Karen will be on board with Frank's style of punishment (kill em allll! dooo eeeet!) and Foggy will stick to his NO KILL, KILL BAD, and they're going to be the proverbial angel and devil on Matt's shoulder when he starts to question himself again and whether he's doing the right thing. (Is there even a chance in this MCU that DD would ever turn into the Punisher? I mean seriously? I don't think so. I like that they're toying with it, I want everybody to act the hell out of it, I want to watch Matt be swayed by Frank Castle a little bit at least, I want Frank to break out the rubber bullets because Matt asks him to not kill just this one time, but I still don't think Marvel is ever going to allow Matt Murdock to be a stone cold killer or allow the Punisher to ever show mercy against Bigger Bads.) Now, considering The Punisher is getting his own series (omgomgomg), he and Matt would have to come to some sort of uneasy alliance eventually. Frank has to be accepted as a legit murderous antihero while DD has to be allowed to remain the angelic blind dude dressed like the devil who defends his city. TBH I'm almost expecting Matt to be swayed more by Karen to Frank's way of thinking, especially if Matt is coming to really love Karen in S2, because Matt never thinks clearly when his heart is involved. And considering Karen is already a killer, well.
Re: DD viewing #2139 and noticing new things
The thing with Claire was bittersweet. See, I adored Claire SO MUCH... ok, full disclosure: Thing is, I'm such a hardcore comics fan that I came into the series with a bias against Karen because of how badly her characterisation had been handled in the comics. All my disgust should have been aimed at the writers, I know, but I still had that little something where I just want Matt and Karen as far apart as possible. And the Karen in the series is SO MUCH BETTER than comics Karen, so much better. They're obviously related, and MCU Karen does some things in the series that make me seethe (every character pisses me off at least once), but mostly I really loved and appreciated MCU Karen and tried my best to accept her at face value. I failed a tiny bit, but I tried, and during the rewatchings I'm really starting to love Karen Page the way they intended.
Claire, otoh, was fresh and new and bright and shiny and FFS kinda perfect for Matt? I mean, if we're discounting all the other Matt pairings, Claire and Matt could've been so goooood together. Claire even has some dark edges, too, and I liked that! But no, they wouldn't have worked out. Claire crying as she watches Matt leave? NO. Matt basically telling Claire bye forever on the phone and her scared voice calling for him and the line is dead? GDI, MY HEART. STOP. Even if they tried, really tried, no I don't think they'd have worked out.
Because Matt, idek, Matt has so many of his own issues to deal with, he's still so broken in so many jagged ways and none of that is his fault but he's embraced it for so long, he doesn't know how to let people love him in a healthy way. One of his defining characteristics in the comics is he wants to be loved so damned badly... by someone, I suspect he'd accept almost anybody if they sold him on it, that when people are attracted to him even if it's just sexually it's like... he latches onto that but in the wrong ways. Like he can only love himself through other people's eyes. If he doesn't have anyone to love him (god bless Foggy, I swear), he just doesn't do well, his self-worth is too cataclysmically damaged. And ultimately he cycles through that whole 'it didn't work out' thing with his partners because he's always looking for the wrong thing in people. He tries, lord knows he tries, but he just... wants to be wanted so much, and maybe the closest he ever finds are those daddy figures (like Ben Urich in the comics) or the ones who want all the control in the relationship and it comes across to Matt as care/love (Elektra and arguably Frank Castle). I adore Matt, he's such a fabulous character, and kinda perfect for fandom considering he's basically a very pretty mosaic of broken bits. Nice fuel for so much fiction.
Oh! Oh! I would be very happy if Fisk and Vanessa would return in S2. VERY HAPPY. (lmk if you want spoilers regarding s2 *cough* because I can help with that.)
S2 speculation! *rubs hands together gleefully* The very best decision S1 gave me was letting Foggy know that Matt=DD before Karen (opposite of the comics). That said, I want Karen on board now! I want them to be a legit team against the world! I want Matt to have proper support like any real superhero! And I really, really don't want Karen (or even Elektra) to be killed by Bullseye in S2. I will be super pissed.
But yes, I do think Karen killing Wesley will be addressed in S2. I kinda think Karen will be on board with Frank's style of punishment (kill em allll! dooo eeeet!) and Foggy will stick to his NO KILL, KILL BAD, and they're going to be the proverbial angel and devil on Matt's shoulder when he starts to question himself again and whether he's doing the right thing. (Is there even a chance in this MCU that DD would ever turn into the Punisher? I mean seriously? I don't think so. I like that they're toying with it, I want everybody to act the hell out of it, I want to watch Matt be swayed by Frank Castle a little bit at least, I want Frank to break out the rubber bullets because Matt asks him to not kill just this one time, but I still don't think Marvel is ever going to allow Matt Murdock to be a stone cold killer or allow the Punisher to ever show mercy against Bigger Bads.) Now, considering The Punisher is getting his own series (omgomgomg), he and Matt would have to come to some sort of uneasy alliance eventually. Frank has to be accepted as a legit murderous antihero while DD has to be allowed to remain the angelic blind dude dressed like the devil who defends his city. TBH I'm almost expecting Matt to be swayed more by Karen to Frank's way of thinking, especially if Matt is coming to really love Karen in S2, because Matt never thinks clearly when his heart is involved. And considering Karen is already a killer, well.